Mayo was announced as the first Black head coach in Patriots history, following in the footsteps of legendary Bill Russell, who in 1966 became the first Black coach of any major professional sports team in Boston when he coached the Celtics.
The report found that the voluntary busing program has a host of measurable effects for participating students, including higher MCAS scores, college enrollment rates and lifetime earnings.
The “9C” mid-year state budget cuts made by Gov. Healey this month seemed like technical moves far away on Beacon Hill until the bill came due at a number of local organizations, where funding they have depended on – and spent in a number of cases –is being cut in half. This week, non-profits in Dorchester and Mattapan non-profits – and even the Boston Fire Department - are
Advocates for a workforce training center meant to prepare people of color for careers in an area where they are under-represented – the Commonwealth’s bio-tech sector – celebrated the opening last Thursday (Jan. 4) of a 4,000-square-foot space for that purpose inside Southline Boston, the former Boston Globe building on Morrissey Boulevard.